Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of and Army Commemorative Medal for

and Army Commemorative Medal for the War of 1940-1941 (in bronze gilt

with his "breath sounds markedly diminished"

A 1950-54 Canadian Korea Volunteer Service Medal - In case of issue

Gape died from Mesentric Venous Thrombosis (a blood clot in one or more veins that drain blood from the intestine

small piece missing in one corner of the wool base at the right but does not affect the insignia

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Minesweeper War Badge, By Adolf Scholze United Republic of and Army Commemorative Medal for(Kriegsabzeichen fr Minensuch , U Boot Jagd und Sicherungsverbnde). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central depiction of a sea mine exploding, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of a design attributed to